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NASA to Hold News Conference on Dawn Mission Results

This artist's concept shows NASA's Dawn spacecraft orbiting the giant asteroid Vesta. The depiction of Vesta is based on images obtained by Dawn's framing cameras. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech› Full image and caption

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a news conference on Thursday, May 10, at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) to present a new analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta using data from the agency's Dawn spacecraft.

The event will be held at NASA Headquarters in Washington, broadcast live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's website. For NASA TV streaming video, downlink and scheduling information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv.

The event will also be streamed live on Ustream with a moderated chat available at: http://www.ustream.com/nasajpl2 .Questions may also be asked via Twitter using the hashtag #asknasa .